Out-of-town couple watches armed home burglary through surveillance camera

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WESTMINSTER, Colo. (KDVR) -- A Westminster woman is hoping someone can recognize an armed burglar caught on camera Monday rummaging through her apartment.

That woman, who asked not to be named, said she was out of town when she received an intruder alert on her phone.

"My phone went off with a camera alert that someone was in the apartment," she said. "I looked at it and I see an armed burglar enter my apartment, gun first."

She said she called 911, but because she was out of state, it took about 10 minutes to reach Westminster dispatchers. By that time, she said he had stolen dozens of rings, bracelets and necklaces from relatives who have passed away.

"I've lost a lot of people, and that's all I have left of them," she said. "He stole my loved ones."

Surveillance video shows the man escaping from a second-story kitchen window, just moments before Westminster police officers arrive on the scene.

"Looks like he might have gone out the window," one officer said as he entered the kitchen.